Friday, March 22, 2024

The Art of Lent Week 5: Love

 

 In week 5 of The Art of Lent, we looked at the following pictures.

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The Jewish Bride (detail)

1665-67, Rembrandt van Rijn



The Last Supper

1497-98, Leonardo da Vinci

 


Crucifixion

2008, Craigie Aitchison


Thursday, March 14, 2024

The Art of Lent Week 4: Joy

 

 In week 4 of The Art of Lent, we looked at the following pictures.

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 Children on the Seashore, Guernsey
1883?, Auguste Renoir

 


 Baby in Red Chair
c.1810-1830, unknown artist
 


 By Moonlight
1994, Margaret Neve

Friday, March 8, 2024

The Art of Lent Week 3: Peace

 

 In week 3 of The Art of Lent, we looked at the following pictures.

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Gilles
 
1721, Jean-Antoine Watteau


 


Annunciation

1489-90, Sandro Botticelli

 

 

 

Composition in Red, Yellow and Blue

 

1930, Piet Mondrian



The Art of Lent Week 2: Contemplation

 In week 2 of The Art of Lent, we looked at the following pictures.

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 Young Woman with a Water Jug  

c.1662, Jan Vermeer



St Catherine of Alexandria 

c.1507, Raphael

 

Hebridean Roses, Eigg (May 1980) 

1980, Winifred Nicholson
 

The Art of Lent Week 1: Silence

In Week 1 of The Art of Lent, we looked at the following pictures.

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Woman with a Pink

1665-69, Rembrandt van Rijn

 

The Tower of Babel 

c.1563, Pieter Breugel the Elder

 

 

Untitled J1 

1994, Rebecca Salter